Human Rights

Wa, Ghana – A form two student of the Presbyterian Junior High School in Wa in Ghana’s Upper West Region has been subjected to a severe torture by the school’s mathematics teacher only named as Ahmed. The torture has left the student with major cuts on his knees after he …

Wa, Ghana – The Wa Constituency Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana, Chairman Ali Kamara, has bemoaned the recent activities of Australia mining company Azuma Resources Limited which has been prospecting for gold in the Upper West Region for about seventeen years now. The recent brutality …

Accra, Ghana – A new report on access to clean drinking water and sustainable water management in Ghana has found that the proportion of non-revenue water in the country is more than twice the international level of 20 percent and the benchmark of 33 percent for the low-income country peer …

Tamale, Ghana – Institute for Peace and Governance (IPEG), a Ghanaian peace and security think-tank has revealed in its latest quarterly report that the Upper East and Upper West Regions are Ghana’s most peaceful regions. According to IPEG, between July and September 2018, 165 incidents were recorded out of which …

Cherikpong, Ghana – Some small-scale miners in Cherikpong in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region have told the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, that the use of soldiers to stop them from mining will not deter them. “You see, you can bring millions of your …

Koforidua, Ghana – Over 1000 people with disability have been defrauded by Rev. T.A Topper the II Foundation (RTATF), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Koforidua and led by Ms Matilda Topper. The Eastern Regional branch of the Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD) has therefore appealed to the …

Goripie Saeddiyya Primary School Wa, Ghana – The lower primary pupils of Goripie Saeddiyya Primary school in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region sit on bare floors to obverse classes due to lack of furniture. The situation is very worrying and has made teaching and learning very …

Tamale, Ghana – The Northern Women Development Association (NORWDA) in the Northern Region is advocating access to farmlands for women like their male counterparts. Rural women throughout the Northern Region contribute greatly to agricultural production and are highly dependent on agriculture as their source of income and livelihood. Yet most …

Colleagues, friends, relations and particularly my students, I have been home since August 17, 2018. That is nearly two months. That is a very long time in the life of a senior academic and a university administrator. I wish to thank you sincerely for your unflinching support. I owe you …

Tamale, Ghana – Six journalists in the Northern Region on Saturday October 6, 2018 escaped a mob attack from some irate students of the Nyankpala campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS). The journalists who were all invited by management of the UDS to provide press coverage for the …